you wont even notice the difference between ViX 3.0 and it's successor barring a new boot screen, and there is no kernel update either, all the changes are with the Core of the image ( OUR OE ) as we now build our own so have no reliance on Pli, our Enigma2 is still loosely based on pli but thats as far as it goes.
Plugins as judge says should still work as there has been nothing changed in this respect but of course we need people to tell us when they dont. The choice to upgrade as with all previous Image revisions is yours to make, but when the new image is released we will cease all support for ViX 3.0. There will be no further updates or fixes for ViX 3.0 but we will maintain the plugin feeds for the time being as we do with older images.